SUN 2/26 @6PM [SCREENING]: ’13th’ (AVA DUVERNAY, 2016)

Ratified in 1865, the 13th amendment states that “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” DuVernay’s acclaimed documentary traces how the exclusion of those committed of crimes from the protection of the amendment has led to the mass criminalization and incarceration of African Americans. With appearances by Angela Davis, Charles Rangel, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and others. Doors at 6:00, screening at 6:30. Free and open to the public.